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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / Ecosport vs Captur

Ford Ecosport vs Renault Captur

Two small SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 4 like-for-like measures: the Ford Ecosport leads on 1, the Renault Captur on 1, 2 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Ford Ecosport

  • Fewer Ford Ecosport cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.7% against 2.2%).

Renault Captur

  • New Renault Captur cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 116 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 141 for the Ford Ecosport in 2022.

Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age; real-world fuel use in Europe, petrol (l/100 km).

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Ford EcosportRenault Captur
Model years in the US safety record2018–2022—
New cars registered in Europe501,856 (2013–2022)1,766,631 (2013–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom111,107196,758
On the road in the Netherlands13,181116,359
In traffic in Finland1,3895,850
Generations on record—2

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Ford EcosportRenault Captur
UK MOT first-time pass rate81%79%
… against cars of the same age−2%−1%
New York safety inspections failed1.4%—
… against cars of the same year+14%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)1.7%2.2%
US owner complaints1,861—
Most complaints aboutEngine and engine cooling—
Model year with most complaints2018 (727)—
US recall campaigns6—
Manufacturer service bulletins269—
NHTSA defect investigations4—

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

Ford EcosportRenault Captur
NHTSA overall rating4★ (2022)—

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

Ford EcosportRenault Captur
Official combined fuel use, Canada9.3 l/100 km (2022)—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol7.3 l/100 km7.1 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—6.3 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe141 g/km116 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe92 kW (123 hp)78 kW (105 hp)
Average mass in running order1,361 kg1,378 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€27,832€30,200
Average odometer in Finland89,000 km81,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).